Introduction

The web console is a tool that allows you to access SUN application management via a web interface. For example, it’s possible to administer ZFS pools and partitions or manage your cluster entirely through a web interface.

This is very convenient for the average user and even more so when you can save time by delegating recurring tasks to a third party (non-experienced) person. That’s why I find the web console very useful. To use it, simply connect to this address: https://127.0.0.1:6789

Registering an Application

Why register an application? Well, because for example, you’ve updated your Solaris and as usual, the web console goes haywire. So to re-register your applications, we can first list what’s working:

  wcadmin list -a
  
  Deployed web applications (application name, context name, status):

    console  ROOT            [running]
    console  com_sun_web_ui  [running]
    console  console         [running]
    console  manager         [running]

Let’s list the existing applications:

  ls /usr/share/webconsole/webapps/
  
  $ ls /usr/share/webconsole/webapps/
com_sun_web_ui/ console/        zfs/

Here I see that I have ZFS, and that’s what I decide to reactivate. To do this, it’s simple:

  smreg add -a /usr/share/webconsole/webapps/zfs

Now I just need to reboot the web console for the change to take effect:

  svcadm restart webconsole

Now access the web console and voilà, we’ve got ZFS back. The wcadmin command now gives us this information:

  wcadmin list -a
  
  Deployed web applications (application name, context name, status):

    console  ROOT            [running]
    console  com_sun_web_ui  [running]
    console  console         [running]
    console  manager         [running]
    legacy   zfs             [running]

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Last updated 27 Nov 2008, 15:55 +0200. history